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Warrior on horseback sketch

Collection — huntington box: 39b - folder 1

Identifier: 9078

Scope and content

Pencil sketch of an Indian riding on a horse. Teepees can be seen in the background. Includes photocopy of an excerpt about Cary from "The illustrated biographical encyclopedia of artists of the American west.".

Dates

undated.

Creator

Cary, William de la Montagne, 1840-1922. (Person)
Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)

Biographical / Historical

William Cary left New York City in 1860 for a trip west with no particular destination in mind. After reaching San Francisco he returned back home, just before the outbreak of the Civil War, with many sketches of what he had seen. He painted scenes from his sketches and from his memory for the rest of his life. Many of his works appeared in Leslie's Weekly and Harper's Weekly.